Super Bowl-bound corporate fat cats may have to suffer the indignity of flying lowly first class, as private jet charters are being snapped up at an unprecedented rate, aviation officials say.

“We have lots of bankers, hedge-fund traders and high-profile people lighting up the phone lines,” said Todd Rome, CEO of Blue Star Jets, one of the largest brokers of private planes for hire. “You wouldn’t know there’s a looming recession out there.”

Jet owners, brokers and schedulers are seeing such high demand – almost all from corporate bigwigs in New York and Boston – for so many charters to the same destination that some are sharing cabin-space with complete strangers.

Over the last two weeks, Rome said his firm has scheduled more than 200 trips to and from the Phoenix and Scottsdale airports from the New York area.

The heavy demand, of course, is caused by having the Patriots fans in Boston and Giants fans in New York vying for the same planes in a relatively close geographic area. And, it’s not just sports fans hogging precious seats. Many travelers, Rome said, are just going for the parties, golf or the desert heat and skipping Super Bowl XLII altogether.

“We’re just going down to party and we are not sure we are staying for the game. That’s what’s great about flying private – we don’t have to decide. We can go whenever,” said Jill Zarin, who’ll appear on the upcoming Bravo show “Real Housewives of New York City.”

Her husband, Bobby, owner of Zarin’s Fabrics and Home Furnishings, is making all the arrangements, she said.

“When you fly private, it’s so much fun, sometimes you don’t want to land,” she added.

To distinguish themselves, many charter companies are going far beyond making limo and hotel reservations for their high-living clients.

“This year, we’re even offering nanny service for the entire trip,” Rome said. Blue Star has entered into a joint marketing partnership with Sensible Sitters to provide round-the-clock care for the little ones.

Prices for the cross-country round-trip flight start at $35,000 for a six-passenger Lear (which requires a fuel stop) and soar to $100,000 for the 18-passenger Boeing Business Jet with multiple flight attendants for the 10-hour trip.

Most of the Blue Star customers are requesting Gulfstream IV jets, which can accommodate 10 to 12 passengers, for around $70,000.

At Manhattan-based Chief Executive Air, the Big Blue boosters with big budgets can hire a Gulfstream IV for $62,000 or a midsize nine-passenger Hawker 1000 for $55,000.